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    Arrow No Paternity Established, No Contact with Father, Baby Name Change

    My question involves name change laws in the State of: Arkansas

    Hello, I have a 3 year old son who has his biological fathers last name. He has not seen my child since the last of January 2008, and starting May 2008 there is a two year protection order prohibiting contact with the child. Paternity was never established. We were never married. He did not even contest the order. How difficult would it be to have the childs surname changed to mine?

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    Default Re: No Paternity Established, No Contact with Father, Baby Name Change

    What's your reason for wanting to change your child's name? Under the circumstances, if you have a decent reason, I would expect the court to go along with it - although the court may wonder, if the only reason is "to make his last name the same as mine", whether you will end up having to again change your child's name when you remarry (as will probably occur at some point in the future).

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    Default Re: No Paternity Established, No Contact with Father, Baby Name Change

    Well I don't expect his father to have much to do with him. He's abusive, heavily on drugs, severe alcoholic, and mentally unstable. I'd rather he wasn't around him at all. I've tried working with him on visiting, but I don't want my son to grow up in that kind of environment, much less constantly worry about something happening. And he refuses help. Anyways, Whether or not thats reason enough, I was also wondering about this for the possibility of me marrying in the near future.

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